KJV King James Version
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
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Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
WEB World English Bible
They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
ASV American Standard Version
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which is a living spirit;
Surrounding context — Genesis 7
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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וַיָּבֹ֥אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)נֹ֖חַH5146 · no.achNoahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַתֵּבָ֑הH8392 · te.vaharkשְׁנַ֤יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoשְׁנַ֙יִם֙H8147 · she.na.yimtwoמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַבָּשָׂ֔רH1320 · ba.sarfleshאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבּ֖וֹH9033 · ohimר֥וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritחַיִּֽים׃H2416 · chayalive
Cross-references
Genesis 6:19-20And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.Isaiah 11:6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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